Patients with CHD were analyzed in Mostar Clinical Hospital in last 10 years, total of 290 patients (238 male, 52 female). 62 patients were present with diabetes mellitus (47 male, 15 female). Aim of this study was estimation of impact for diabetes mellitus to mortality and morbidity of patients with coronary disease. Significant difference was found in morbidity of male patients with diabetes (83.7%) related to patients age (8.8% with diabetes: 2.31% without diabetes in age 26-30, 12.9% with diabetes mellitus, 4% without diabetes mellitus (DM) in age 31-35: 19.35 with DM, 10.35 without DM in age 36-40.). Significant increasing in mortality was in population with DM and CHD (16.2%:3.33%). Conclusion: Diabetes mellitus is multidimensional pathological condition with multiple complications, especially acute coronary disease with significant increase in mortality rate.
Keywords: mortality, morbidity, coronary arterial disease, heart failure, younger than 40.